Human rights organizations, as well as political and social ones, are condemning what they are calling a new form of inhumane exploitation in the United States, where they say a prison population of up to 2 million - mostly Black and Hispanic - are working for various industries for a pittance. F... Read more...
Spain has introduced a thought-to-be-dead SOPA-style anti-piracy law. But it now appears that the U.S. government pressured — and threatened — Spain’s vulnerable economy. Spain has this week adopted a law similar to that of the SOPA in the United States, allowing sites to be blocked at ISP-... Read more...
Outrage over the Trayvon Martin shooting is spreading as marchers took to the streets in New York City and Miami demanding the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Three weeks ago, the unarmed Martin was shot in a gated subdivision outside of Orlando by Zimmerman,... Read more...
Demonstrators protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on February 11, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany (AFP Photo / Sebastian Gabriel / Germany Out) The EU has suspended the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and referred the text to the European C... Read more...
Many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly eroding as the nation transforms from the land of the free into the land of the enslaved, but what I'm about to share with you takes the assault on our freedoms to a whole new level. You may not be aware of this, but many Western states,... Read more...
The web may not be perfect, but SOPA is a reactionary bill to a broken copyright system. One thought alone: The ‘broken web’ is ironically what makes it work. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) will starve the web of the oxygen that it needs, issue its marching orders and censor the U.S... Read more...
"B----, I'm Fuego" Emily's emancipation party played like an MMA cage match. In the aftermath, everyone tries to make sense of it. But battle lines are beginning to emerge. Yandy gives Chrissy a self-help book aimed at troublesome mother-in-laws. The book instantly creates more problems than it s... Read more...
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Some of the presenters at this education summit included New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Warrren Buffett, Melinda Gates, U.S. Secretary o... Read more...
Many startups and app developers today are needlessly breaking laws and pulling in too much data, which will send them head-first into a battle with the Federal Trade Commission. "We're seeing in our lab apps pulling in data things that are wholly unrelated to functionality," said David Vlad... Read more...